[SEMCO] Gulf of Mexico lecture

[Robert Rocha]

The New Bedford Whaling Museum invites you to join us on Wednesday,
March 16 for The Gulf of Mexico: Spilling Crude Where We Once Spilled
Sperm Oil, featuring Judy Lund and Deborah Cramer.  Free reception at
6:30, lecture begins at 7:30.

 

The Gulf of Mexico: Spilling Crude Oil Where We Once Spilled Sperm Oil

New Bedford has a deep-rooted connection to the one large ocean that
covers more than 70% of our planet.  Tonight we will examine our
historic link to one place in our marine environment and how the
continued quest for oil has impacted this region.

 

Judith N. Lund, former Curator, New Bedford Whaling Museum, will provide
us with an historical overview of whaling in the Gulf of Mexico, an
endeavor that until recently was not well documented.  Using her
soon-to-be-published paper as the foundation, Judy will explain how this
smaller whale fishery fit in with the larger Atlantic whale fishery. 

 

Deborah Cramer, MIT Visiting Scholar, will explore short term impacts of
the BP oil spill and the longer term impacts of oil drilling and
shipping on the marshes of southeastern Louisiana and the wider Gulf,
sharing her recent visit there and showing stunning photographs from her
book, Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World.

 

This is the second night of the four-part series, Man and Whales:
Changing Views Through Time.  Upcoming lectures:

April 20: Mr. Melville's Whale, A Biography of the Sperm Whale, book
launch with Richard Ellis

May 18: Stranded Whales: Commodity and Conservation, with Michael Dyer
and Katie Touhey Moore

 

 

 

Robert C. Rocha, Jr.

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Science Programs Manager

(508) 717-6849

rrocha at whalingmuseum.org

 


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